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Joyce Kilmer: It is stern...

Joyce Kilmer: It is stern...

It is stern work, it is perilous work to thrust your hand in the sun
And pull out a spark of immortal flame to warm...

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Andrew Schneider: Talking is what...

Andrew Schneider: Talking is what...

Talking is what I do... i t's a real need with me, a craving, I'm like a word junkie. I never shut up. I talk to...

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Yul Brynner: Et cetera, et...

Yul Brynner: Et cetera, et...

Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

Source: Frequent refrain in The King and I,...

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Michael Caine: I read books...

Michael Caine: I read books...

I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.

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John Barrymore: Speech-making is exactly...

John Barrymore: Speech-making is exactly...

Speech-making is exactly like childbirth. You are so glad to get it over with.

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Michael Douglas: Everything's so repressive...

Michael Douglas: Everything's so repressive...

Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to...

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Robert Frost: The difference between...

Robert Frost: The difference between...

The difference between a man and his valet: they both smoke the same cigars, but only one pays for...

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James Earl Jones: Once you begin...

James Earl Jones: Once you begin...

Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of...

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Montgomery Clift: Look, he said,...

Montgomery Clift: Look, he said,...

Look, he said, if you're playing Romeo and your Juliet is a pig, you find something you can love about...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger: I know a...

Arnold Schwarzenegger: I know a...

I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my...

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Michael J Fox: I'm also very...

Michael J Fox: I'm also very...

I'm also very proud to be a part of a trilogy of films [Back to the Future] that, if they do nothing else, allow...

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Charlie Sheen: Early on, I...

Charlie Sheen: Early on, I...

Early on, I used to think it was really cool and macho to jump out of the car and tackle the bad guy. But then when...

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Denzel Washington: Acting is just...

Denzel Washington: Acting is just...

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

Source: In The...

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Warren Beatty: In a way,...

Warren Beatty: In a way,...

In a way, I'd rather ride down the street on a camel than give what is sometimes called an in-depth interview. I'd...

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Jack Nicholson: In my last...

Jack Nicholson: In my last...

In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half...

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Jack Nicholson: A star on...

Jack Nicholson: A star on...

A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without...

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Ben Stein: You must take...

Ben Stein: You must take...

You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has...

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing is impossible...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing is impossible...

Nothing is impossible in Russia but reform.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Frances Watkins Harper: There is material...

Frances Watkins Harper: There is material...

There is material among us for the broadest comedies and the deepest tragedies, but, besides money and leisure, it...

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Francesco Petrarch: Who overrefines his...

Francesco Petrarch: Who overrefines his...

Who overrefines his argument brings himself to grief.

Source: In Shorter Bartlett's...

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